A long winter awaits Europe Referring to the recent demonstrations in France and other European countries, Michael Fruman, head of the American Council on Foreign Relations, warned against the intensification of economic and political crises on the continent and emphasized that Europe's internal problems at the same time as Washington's change of attitude towards Russia further exposed Europe's security dependence. Fruman saw the recent protests in France as a warning sign of a wider crisis in Europe and wrote that these protests are essentially different from previous protest waves in this country. According to this analyst, the latest protests are rooted in the "fundamental collapse of the French social contract"; A government that has failed to invest effectively in the education system is allocating an increasing share of its financial resources to pensioners and is relying on the dwindling youth workforce to cover their expenses. On the other hand, the French economy has been dealing with weak growth for many years, and the nation has no clear perspective to achieve prosperity and economic growth. - Link.

A long winter awaits Europe Referring to the recent demonstrations in France and other European countries, Michael Fruman, head of the American Council on Foreign Relations, warned against the intensification of economic and political crises on the continent and emphasized that Europe's internal problems at the same time as Washington's change of attitude towards Russia further exposed Europe's security dependence. Fruman saw the recent protests in France as a warning sign of a wider crisis in Europe and wrote that these protests are essentially different from previous protest waves in this country. According to this analyst, the latest protests are rooted in the "fundamental collapse of the French social contract"; A government that has failed to invest effectively in the education system is allocating an increasing share of its financial resources to pensioners and is relying on the dwindling youth workforce to cover their expenses. On the other hand, the French economy has been dealing with weak growth for many years, and the nation has no clear perspective to achieve prosperity and economic growth. - Link.